suggestions for improvement for the docker images of MinimServer

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(16-03-2025 16:04)simoncn Wrote:  Activating a full license requires interacting with the online license server to check whether this is permitted (key is valid and matches email, activation quota not exceeded, etc.) and to update the central license database. This requires the MinimServer instance to be running in the container. An interactive GUI is needed to inform the user of any issues.

I understand your sentiment. But on the other hand it destroys the elegance of being able to deploy a licensed in an automated way. I have an idea for a compromise: If you would make it possible to define the license information via environment variables, it could work that in this case when you connect for the first time, you are greeted with a screen which shows the already entered license information and just prompts you to confirm.

Quote:Please post a link to the previous discussion. The profile feature of MinimServer (available on all platforms) supports applying a preconfigured configuration. If this is not what you are suggesting, please clarify.

I am referring to this discussion.

I think activating the correct, complete configuration for MinimServer should possible to be done in a more automated way as well.

I normally do it by pasting the prepared configuration into mscript like this:

Code:

cat /Music/minimconfig/minimserver2-config.mscript | /opt/minimserver/minimserver-2.2/bin/mscript

But I cannot really automate this step (in the course of creating the container), because the instance first has to be licensed before it accepts the confguration. So it becomes now two manual steps (1. license and 2. configuration).

Quote:

Quote:There should be a preconfigured healthcheck.

Please explain what you mean by this.

Docker offers healthchecks which can be already defined in the published images of MinimServer. It's possible to define them later individually by the administrator, but it could be already included.

For example, it could be something like a simple check whether a

Code:

echo about | /opt/minimserver/minimserver-2.2/bin/mscript

returns (contains)

Code:

MinimServer is running